From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@gmail.com>
Cc: Ron Garret <ron1@flownet.com>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: master^ is not a local branch -- huh?!?
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:18:43 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7v7hr041cc.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <76718491001292052x7f46d479lfeff7b66121502c3@mail.gmail.com> (Jay Soffian's message of "Fri\, 29 Jan 2010 23\:52\:18 -0500")
Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@gmail.com> writes:
> So that was a really long explanation, but I hope it clears things up.
> I think the disconnect between you and Junio is that you're thinking
> of branches in the DAG sense of the word, while Junio is talking about
> them in the context of git.
Yeah, in short, a "branch" is a point, not a line (or lines) of
development that leads to a point, as I said in the beginning.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-01-30 5:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 118+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-01-29 20:20 master^ is not a local branch -- huh?!? Ron1
2010-01-29 20:27 ` Jacob Helwig
2010-01-29 20:35 ` Sverre Rabbelier
2010-01-29 20:38 ` Jacob Helwig
2010-01-29 20:48 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-01-29 20:56 ` Sverre Rabbelier
2010-01-29 21:09 ` [PATCH] checkout: warn about 'branch name' rather than 'local branch' Sverre Rabbelier
2010-01-29 21:19 ` [PATCH] checkout: Fix test for s/local branch/branch name/ change Jacob Helwig
2010-01-29 21:20 ` Sverre Rabbelier
2010-01-29 21:40 ` [PATCH] checkout: warn about 'branch name' rather than 'local branch' Nicolas Pitre
2010-01-29 21:50 ` Ron Garret
2010-01-29 21:42 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-01-29 21:45 ` Sverre Rabbelier
2010-01-29 21:35 ` master^ is not a local branch -- huh?!? Junio C Hamano
2010-01-29 21:20 ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-01-29 21:21 ` Sverre Rabbelier
2010-01-29 21:29 ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-01-29 21:32 ` Sverre Rabbelier
2010-01-29 21:51 ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-01-29 21:58 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-01-29 22:00 ` Sverre Rabbelier
2010-01-29 22:34 ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-01-29 22:39 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-01-29 22:46 ` Jacob Helwig
2010-01-29 23:43 ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-01-30 0:14 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-01-30 0:18 ` Sverre Rabbelier
2010-01-30 0:29 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-01-30 0:35 ` Sverre Rabbelier
2010-01-30 0:38 ` Michael Witten
2010-01-30 0:39 ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-01-30 1:01 ` Mark Lodato
2010-01-30 1:22 ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-01-30 2:38 ` Ron Garret
2010-01-30 2:59 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-01-30 3:26 ` Ron Garret
2010-01-30 4:03 ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-01-30 5:06 ` Jay Soffian
2010-01-30 5:09 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-01-30 4:52 ` Jay Soffian
2010-01-30 5:15 ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-01-30 5:21 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-01-30 6:25 ` Ron Garret
2010-01-30 18:25 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-01-30 5:45 ` Jay Soffian
2010-01-30 5:18 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2010-01-30 6:23 ` Ron Garret
2010-01-30 2:40 ` Mark Lodato
2010-01-30 3:11 ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-01-30 3:59 ` Mark Lodato
2010-01-30 4:39 ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-01-30 5:05 ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-01-30 5:11 ` Jay Soffian
2010-01-30 5:25 ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-01-30 5:53 ` Mark Lodato
2010-01-30 6:03 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-01-30 8:59 ` Jeff King
2010-01-30 18:40 ` Ron Garret
2010-01-29 23:16 ` A Large Angry SCM
2010-01-29 21:49 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-01-30 2:13 ` Johannes Schindelin
2010-01-30 3:15 ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-01-29 20:35 ` Johannes Schindelin
2010-01-29 21:16 ` Ron1
2010-01-29 21:25 ` Jacob Helwig
2010-01-29 21:43 ` Ron Garret
2010-01-29 21:59 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-01-29 22:18 ` Ron Garret
2010-01-31 7:32 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-01-29 20:32 ` Octavio Alvarez
2010-01-29 21:34 ` Ron Garret
2010-01-29 22:32 ` Octavio Alvarez
2010-01-29 22:47 ` Ron Garret
2010-01-29 23:05 ` Octavio Alvarez
2010-01-29 23:12 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-01-29 23:30 ` Ron Garret
2010-01-29 23:28 ` Julian Phillips
2010-01-30 0:14 ` Ron Garret
2010-01-30 0:18 ` Ron Garret
2010-01-30 19:02 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-01-30 19:24 ` Ron Garret
2010-01-29 20:36 ` Scott R. Godin
2010-01-29 21:24 ` Ron Garret
2010-01-29 21:28 ` Sverre Rabbelier
2010-01-29 21:40 ` Ron Garret
2010-01-29 21:54 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-01-29 22:12 ` Ron Garret
2010-01-30 0:33 ` Michael Witten
2010-01-30 3:06 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-01-30 6:16 ` Ron Garret
2010-01-30 6:45 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-01-30 7:31 ` Ron Garret
2010-01-30 8:02 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-01-30 8:56 ` Ron Garret
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2010-02-01 11:52 Steve Diver
2010-02-01 17:38 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-02-01 17:58 ` Sergei Organov
2010-02-01 22:52 ` Ron Garret
2010-02-01 23:01 ` Petr Baudis
2010-02-01 23:25 ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-02-01 23:37 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-02-01 23:56 ` Ron Garret
2010-02-02 0:15 ` Petr Baudis
2010-02-02 0:45 ` Ron Garret
2010-02-02 0:53 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-02-02 1:12 ` Ron Garret
2010-02-02 19:19 ` J. Bruce Fields
2010-02-02 22:04 ` Ron Garret
2010-02-03 18:27 ` J. Bruce Fields
2010-02-02 4:05 ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-02-02 5:23 ` Ron Garret
2010-02-02 5:43 ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-02-02 21:07 ` tytso
2010-02-02 0:26 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-02-02 0:21 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-02-01 18:12 ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-02-01 18:27 ` Jay Soffian
2010-02-01 22:34 ` Steve Diver
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